Friday, February 18, 2011

Amazingly, I haven't posted a single thing about debate, yet somewhow it wormed itself to the first word on my blog's name. So I thought I ought to post something debate-related. Last night at club, we discussed Counter plans. (My abv. for them will be CP) Being the person I am, I'm going to talk about CPs!!
Here are the things a Negative team must do in order to properly run a counter plan.1. The negative team must be non-topical2. They must solve the harms of the Affirmative team's case3. They will have prima facie, or the burden of proof4. It cannot co-exist with the Affirmative team's plan5. Must have the same Inherency6. Have a different plan accomplishing the same goal
When you are going Affirmative against a case you....1. Prove the Negative team is topical2. Prove that they are co-existing3. Prove you are solving the harms better than the Negative team is
After our coach had stuffed us full with all of this delightful information, we had practice rounds; each team had a chance to go write a CP against another team and a chance to defend a counter plan against their case. My conclusion about CPs? I will most likely never run one, however interesting they appear.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Wow!! Its been a looong time since I last posted. And its SNOWING outside!! Its BEAUTIFUL!! I love it!! We've had snow and ice since Tuesday! And now its snowing even more!! Yay!! Anybody else getting snow?? Here are some pics of the snow in our neighborhood:

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I'm 15 years old, and I love to cook, read, and debate! I live in a Victorian house with 5 acres. My family has milk goats, cats, chickens,and a dog. I also like making lists, and I pretend that I'm organized.